"Teacher Yoru Machi, what have you been busy with outside all these years? And is Lady Kushina really...?"
Kushina had some resentment toward Kakashi and Obito, and Rin could see it. But in truth, the two of them had been doing much better than she had.
There was no need to mention Obito. As a member of the Uchiha Clan, his status in the village was even more sensitive than hers as a tailed-beast Jinchuriki.
Even if Obito had wanted to look after Naruto, would Konoha have allowed someone from the Uchiha Clan to approach the Nine-Tails?
After all, during the Nine-Tails' Rampage over a decade ago, the Uchiha Clan had been the village's primary suspects!
Furthermore, after the Night of the Uchiha Clan Extermination, the body of Uchiha Fugaku, the Uchiha Clan's patriarch, had never been found.
His death was merely Konoha's official statement to the outside world.
More than a decade had passed. Obito, who had lived through the destruction of the Uchiha Clan, was no longer the goofy boy he had once been. Having matured, he could now clearly see the situation for what it was.
He had always believed there was more to the Night of the Uchiha Clan Extermination. Thus, his long absences from the village were not solely because Konoha's higher-ups were wary of him; he had also been investigating the truth behind the extermination.
Uchiha Sasuke was the Uchiha Clan's sole remaining survivor. Although Obito was not familiar with him, he had still asked his best friend Kakashi to take better care of him.
Kakashi, meanwhile, believed Naruto already had Rin to care for him, so he devoted more attention to the orphan of his best friend's clan.
However, as a woman herself, Rin understood Kushina's feelings. Any mother would be angry if